Having read about couch grass and turnips ... has anyone seen evidence that ground elder DOES NOT LIKE marigolds? :o
Have to admit that where my marigolds are the elder is less, but did not put the two together!!
IF this is so the YIPEE ... ;D ;D ;D
If you can't beat them eat them flowerlady ;), the growing shoots of ground elder are delicious like spinach and it does check them. Sorry to go a little off thread :-[
Who cares, this is a great idea! Cooked I assume?
Raw in salads or cooked like spinach! (depending what animals might have erm, interacted with them). Unlike some 'food for free' candidates, ground elder sprouts are nice ::) but I have to harvest from my friends as I don't have any on my plot ;D
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Aegopodium+podagraria
I'll be happy to trial the marigolds.
Thanks for the link Supersprout, I can't believe people actually want to cultivate the stuff as my garden is full of it & I have a running battle to try & control it, no hope of actually getting rid of it. Good to know it can be eaten, if not by us maybe by the chicks.
I have to admit that I planted the varigated one :o
Its not such a thug and does look good in places where other things wont grow ;)